high_seas | Meep Manhunt!

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Meep Manhunt!

Who: Anyone who expressed interest in going after Meep and received a letter from Scurvey Dog.
Where: Anygrav Moon
When: August 9th-22nd
What: The mission begins! Dog asked for help rescuing Meep and it's you lot who've responded. Try to bring him back in one piece, eh?
Warnings: Possible violence...?
Style: Any!
Status: Closed to those involved!

The island is covered by a familiar mist that rolls across the ground. Fortunately for you, it's not going to bring nightmares to life this time, but it definitely lends to the general feeling of unease that fills the place. That isn't helped by the fact that though the population here was never very large, it certainly must be even smaller now.

It's the dead, lifeless husks along the beach that make that much obvious.

There's no sign of battle, and all the bodies appear unmarked. It's as though they suddenly dropped right where they were standing, as if something completely and abruptly drained them of energy.

Watch your step as you make your way inland. Wouldn't it be a shame if the same thing happened to you?

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[if beans are good for the heart, then Gan Ning must be eating a can a day, and you can certainly smell it as the door tumblers click into place as if for their life.

A little push will get the door open and then back up quick as everything starts to fill with sand. After a few hours it's evident that there's enough of a wiggle space between the door and the sand to get into the next room.

There you can see the top of the pyramid, letting sunlight in and mountains and mountains of sand. If there is a door under there, it will take a lot of digging to get to it-- perhaps more then one small team can do.

But lining the walls as a sort of prize for the first arrivees are little necklaces with shimmering shards on them. They seem to be humming faintly and pulsing with a faint, pure glow. They are warm to the touch and though they don't seem to do anything immediately, they definitely work to dispel any mist that might crawl across the intrepid rescuers' path.

It's a pity they can't do anything about the smell though...]

..................

Well. Whaddya know.

-whoa, watch out!

[That's a lot of sand spilling out, and even Toothless jumps to his feet at the sudden rush, moving to bound over to where Gan Ning and Hiccup are. Gaius grabs a hold of his harness in passing to hitch a quick ride.

At least it seems that they aren't going to be completely buried in, and Gaius can't help but take a peek through the doorway, whistling lowly.]

Hot damn!

[he's too loopy to even think right now, but Gan Ning is totally giving Hiccup high-fives over that manly display of...whatever that was. Hey, it worked, didn't it?

It's going to take a while for the poison from the key to wear off but Ning is still up for adventure, swimming his way through the sand to get a look at what's next]

The hell. There's like. Sparklies. It's like a whole desert in there.

[just gonna float there on the sand and gawk for minute]

Yeeeees!!!

[High-five! Or low-five, since he's on the ground. But not for too long! Toothless is ever so vigilant, scruffing the viking like so.]

–Whuh!?

[Annnd SAND. Sand everywhere. And beautiful scenery.

Hiccup's eyes go wide at the sight, but some of the sand went into his mouth. He's just...going to munch on it absently. Hopefully this poison wears off and soon.]

Looks like something's buried in there.

....gods Jingles, what did you eat earlier?

[He waves a hand in front of his face as he moves to carefully slip into the room. Making his way over the sand, he keeps an eye out for any surprises while he approaches the hanging shards.]

Don't mind if we do~

[Plucking one off the wall, waiting a moment before gathering the rest once he's sure the whole place doesn't cave in on them.]

Huh? [his eyes hazily follow Gaius past him] Nothin', honest!

[and then he looks at Hiccup eating sand, which is definitely not right. But instead of being captainly, he just cackles again. It's funny! Hiccup is funny. Looking back at Gaius, though, some part of him sobers up just enough to notice what he's picking up.]

You sure those're safe? 'Member what happened with the other ones.

[Nom nom. Crunch?

He does notice Gaius picking at the shards, though, blinking quizzically.]

Yahf, tbhat isnpfht safh– pffbt, guh!

[He does get some of that sand out of his mouth, letting it drop like the yaknog Astrid experimented with years ago.]

Yeah, and we still got 'em. And with this door open now, I don't think we should just leave them hanging around, you know?

[just stands there for a long time, head slowly tilting to the side, before responding]

Yeah, okay.

[he looks at Hiccup, still blinking owlishly, and then back to where Gaius is looting the room]

How're we gonna find the guy in all that sand? [never mind that they can't see any other doors. Gan Ning raises his voice, then.] OI! MEEP! YOU OUT THERE? MEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeep...

...hahaha. Meep.

[The viking nods.]

Soundfs good.

[He then gets distracted with Toothless' scales. Pet pet pet.]

You guys wanna....

-okay, never mind. I'll hold on to these for now.

[He wanders over towards the top of the pyramid, stooping over to brush some of the sand away. Frown.]

...well, if there's something below, we're going to need some help to clear this, even with a dragon here. Any idea where the Straw Hats went? And maybe if we can get Sweets and whatever Pokemon she's still got with her...

[prowls slowly through the sand, because it feels like it's bucking like waves. ugh. Tripping balls isn't as fun as it sounds.]

Below? Ugh. We'd be digging forever. Always digging, never getting anywhere... [his eyes sort of cross] ...it's like life, yanno? Ya keep digging, but it keeps falling back on your head, so you never get anywhere.

Think Cyn can do it?

[Finally spitting out the last of the sand that lingered in his mouth, Hiccup nods as he looks up from Toothless' side.]

I believe in Cynthia! And her merry pokemon crew. With them and Toothless' blasts, we'll be done in no time!

[Actually, he just wants to see everything explode now. Hopefully nothing explodes too much, though.]

The more the merrier. I'm not seeing anything else around here otherwise, but unless the other guys found something else within this place, this is the only thing we have left to check out.

[He shoots Hiccup a look, and then shakes his head frantically at the dragon who looks ready to do some exploding at the Viking's word.]

Whoa- no blasting around here. You wanna bring the whole place down on us?

....so how're we gonna get her here? We fell up when we came through that door, I dunno if we can go back the same way.

[hopefully she follows them? Otherwise Gan Ning's got nothing.]

Aww, disappointment.

[Hiccup pouts, patting Toothless on his nose.]

Sorry, bud. No explosions right now. Maybe later.

But yeah, this isn't good! We should've carried a ladder. O-or something.

[After tiring out his brain with thinking, the viking lets his arms drop. His whole body sort of crumples in a pile.]

...Man, it's too bad we don't have wings to fly with.

[................]

You know, we could just-

......

..............

[And then he just facepalms.]

[it takes him a few seconds too, because he's too busy being distracted by the prisms of light surrounding everyone and everything. The sand itself is so sparkly he can't look at it.

But then Gan Ning slowly swings around and raises a hand to point at Toothless like he's the first person to even think it.]

.........wait, what about Toothles?

[Blink.]

What about Toothless?

[...

Liiiiiiightbulb.]

Oh– OH. What about Toothless! I can fly him out here in a jiffy! That's why you guys were looking at me funny! Hah! Genius, good job everyone.

Gee, that's a great idea. Why didn't I think of it.

[Said in the flattest monotone possible.]

[applause!]

Go get Cyn! Let's see if any o' her guys can dig out the sand an' find the Meep.

[hurrhurrhurrdurr Meep hurr]

[SEE MEEP SEE YOUR MIGHTY RESCUERS. Gaius, don't make that face, be like Gan.]

Yeah! I will go and fetch Cynthia!

[Fist pump. Look at that face of determination.

Hiccup scuttles to his feet, hopping onto the dragon's back.]

Okay, bud, let's do this! HICCUP, AWAY!!

[Toothless isn't sure you should be driving, Hiccup, but at least it isn't a far way to go?

The dragon seems to hesitate, and then moves to bound towards the narrow doorway- hopefully Hiccup ducks. Then it's back through the key room and leap up- or down or whatever direction that is.]

Aaand they're off.

[Gaius watches, wincing as they get to the doorway. He then shrugs and sits down on the sand and pulls out a lollipop, dusting it off a bit before tugging off the wrapper so he can stick the sucker into his mouth.]

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